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Benin parliament votes to legalise abortion
By Allegresse Sasse COTONOU (Reuters) - Benin's parliament has voted to legalise abortion in most circumstances, the health ministry said on Thursday, becoming one of only a handful of African countri...
Oct 21, 2021
WHO urges G20 to step up vaccine donations to the south
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Thursday on the world's 20 richest nations, holding a summit next week, to step up donations of COVID-19 doses to the global south wher...
Oct 21, 2021
India among 11 ‘countries of concern’ on climate change for U.S. spy agencies
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghanistan, India and Pakistan were among 11 countries singled out by U.S. intelligence agencies on Thursday as being "highly vulnerable" in terms of their ab...
Oct 21, 2021
Footwear maker Crocs plans to outrun supply chain woes; shares jump
(Reuters) - Crocs Inc raised the lower end of its annual revenue forecast, as it prepares to counter supply constraints by shifting some production out of Vietnam where factory shutdowns have pinched ...
Oct 21, 2021
Soaring Lebanese fuel prices deepen misery
By Issam Abdallah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Taxi drivers blocked roads in Beirut on Thursday in protest at spiralling petrol prices that are compounding misery for Lebanese already suffering the effects of a...
Oct 21, 2021
Canada government, provinces agree COVID-19 vaccine travel passport – officials
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal government and the 10 provinces have agreed on a standard COVID-19 electronic vaccination passport allowing domestic and foreign travel, government officials told r...
Oct 21, 2021
Fed should let its balance sheet shrink over next couple of years – Waller
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should let its $8 trillion balance sheet reduce over the next couple of years, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday. "There is no reason to keep it tha...
Oct 21, 2021
Manchin: lawmakers close to a top-line number for U.S. spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Wednesday he believed Democratic lawmakers were getting close to agreeing on a top-line figure for spending legislation that contains some of Pre...
Oct 21, 2021
Mass protests in Sudan against prospect of military rule
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Huge crowds of people marched in different parts of the Sudanese capital and other cities on Thursday in demonstrations to reject military rule as the crisis i...
Oct 21, 2021
Sharing data with stakeholders key to reduce supply chain disruptions, Renault exec says
MILAN (Reuters) - Automakers have a lot of data they can share with suppliers, logistic partners and governments to help reduce supply chain disruptions, Renault alliance group VP of supply chain Jean...
Oct 21, 2021
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